New Delhi: Union Minister Jyotiradity Sindia told Parliament on Wednesday that more than 10 million mobile numbers were blocked and disconnected on the basis of citizens’ response to prevent telecom fraud. The Union Minister said that multiple technology-impaired measures have been introduced under the telecommunications department with the Home Ministry close to the Home Ministry as part of a large step nationwide to protect citizens from cyber fraud and digital threats.
An important features of these have been launched at the Sanchar Portal Portal called ‘Know Your Mobile Connections’. This allows customers to check all the SIM cards or mobile numbers issued by their name. You can even report any unauthorized number in it when it comes to the notice. As a result, it is possible to separated the number of 1 crore 5 lakh, said Jyotiraditya Sindia.
He also said that the telecom division has already blocked 1.5 lakh handsets, and has disabled 25,000 bulk SMS sender. About 2 million WhatsApp accounts involved in suspicious activities have been disconnected. He mentions that a digital intelligence platform has been created to combine 5 banks, 4 state police forces, investigating agencies and telecom services to deal with the Tromine of Telecom Fraud in real -time. This platform is largely enables to take integrated measures against fraud, cyber criminals who abuse telecom infrastructure to cheat citizens.
The Central Government launched the Survival Portal on May 7, 2021, which has registered more than 1.5 crore hit so far, based on this success, the Survival Mobile App was launched for Android and IOS on January 5, and this app has already downloaded 1 lakh. The government has also deployed artificial intelligence parts, such as the ASTR system that automatically help identify and block fake mobile numbers. As a result, an additional 12 lakh disconnection has been disconnected.